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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 2508167, member: 78244"]Like most collectors, I started collecting coins from my home country. I got bored of set collecting really quick, so I adopted the variety offered by the type set. </p><p><br /></p><p>I started collecting Chinese coins after I had bought a couple during my trip to China in 8th grade. Then I got a hoard of 500 Song-Dynasty cash coins for Christmas, so I began buying more older and older Chinese coins. Then I bought a hoard of Ancient Chinese coins. As I was sorting them and pulling out stuff to keep, I became fascinated with their history and I fell in love with the archaic calligraphy. Then at the end of my senior year in high school, I won a lot of rare ancient Chinese coins, many were of types I had never dreamed of getting. They were all checked out as genuine, meaning I got them for 10% of their value. At this point, I was hooked on the Ancient Chinese coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533087[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533086[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have since branched out into Ancient Greek, but I won't stray too far in that category until I am more financially sound, I better know the market, and I learn more about the coins in general.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 2508167, member: 78244"]Like most collectors, I started collecting coins from my home country. I got bored of set collecting really quick, so I adopted the variety offered by the type set. I started collecting Chinese coins after I had bought a couple during my trip to China in 8th grade. Then I got a hoard of 500 Song-Dynasty cash coins for Christmas, so I began buying more older and older Chinese coins. Then I bought a hoard of Ancient Chinese coins. As I was sorting them and pulling out stuff to keep, I became fascinated with their history and I fell in love with the archaic calligraphy. Then at the end of my senior year in high school, I won a lot of rare ancient Chinese coins, many were of types I had never dreamed of getting. They were all checked out as genuine, meaning I got them for 10% of their value. At this point, I was hooked on the Ancient Chinese coins. [ATTACH=full]533087[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]533086[/ATTACH] I have since branched out into Ancient Greek, but I won't stray too far in that category until I am more financially sound, I better know the market, and I learn more about the coins in general.[/QUOTE]
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